Biology:Virilastacus

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Short description: Genus of crayfishes

Virilastacus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Parastacidae
Genus: Virilastacus
Hobbs, 1991
Type species
Virilastacus araucanius
Species

4, See text.

Virilastacus is a genus of freshwater burrowing crayfish species endemic to Chile . It has four described species. The first species was described in 1914, but since 2005, three other species have been added to this genus.[1][2]

Species

References

  1. Rudolph, Erich H.; Crandall, Keith A. (2012), "A new species of burrowing crayfish, Virilastacus jarai (Crustacea, Decapoda, Parastacidae) from central-southern Chile", Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 125 (3): 258–275, doi:10.2988/11-39.1 
  2. (in Spanish) Ficha de antecedentes de especie: Virilastacus araucanius, Ministry of the Environment, 2013, pp. 1–6, http://www.mma.gob.cl/clasificacionespecies/fichas10proceso/Virilastacus_araucanius_RES_INICIO.pdf 
  3. "A new species of burrowing crayfish, Virilastacus jarai (Crustacea, Decapoda, Parastacidae) from central-southern Chile"
  4. "A New Species of Burrowing Crayfish Virilastacus Retamali (Decapoda: Parastacidae) from the Southern Chile Peatland"
  5. Buckup, L. (2010). "Virilastacus rucapihuelensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T153746A4539751. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T153746A4539751.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/153746/4539751. Retrieved 27 February 2023. 

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